Williams v Richards: QBD 29 Jul 1997
Exemption from need for excise licence when car on way to MOT test continued to apply even though the car was parked on way. It was a question of fact and degree. References: Times 29-Jul-1997...
View ArticleMiddlesborough Borough Council v Safeer; Same v Afzal; Same v Asghar; Same v...
The 1988 Act gave the local authority the power to undertake a prosecution for the offence of driving without insurance as regards those for whom it had regulatory and licensing responsibilities as...
View ArticleCoates v Crown Prosecution Service: Admn 29 Jul 2011
The defendant appealed by case stated against his conviction for driving a Segway scooter on a footpath. He denied that it was ‘a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads.’...
View ArticleDirector of Public Prosecutions v Ubhi: Admn 11 Feb 2003
The prosecutors appealed the finding by the magistrates that there were special reasons for not disqualifying the defendant from driving after finding him guilty of driving with excess alcohol. He had...
View ArticleAvery v Crown Prosecution Service: Admn 28 Jul 2011
The defendant had parked his care on a driveway. He left to go drinking. On his return, a neighbour had parked across the foot of the drive obstructing all but pedestrian access. The defendant reversed...
View ArticleBielecki v The Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 23 Aug 2011
The court had delivered a draft judgment which counsel said was based upon a fundamental misunderstanding of the case she had presented. Counsel now suggested that the matter should be referred to a...
View ArticleRegina v Bogacki: CACD 1973
The three defendants had been charged with attempting to take a motor bus without authority. They had gone to a bus garage late at night and attempted to start the engine of a bus without success. The...
View ArticleHughes, Regina v: SC 31 Jul 2013
Uninsured Driver Not Guilty of Causing Death The appellant though an uninsured driver, was driving without fault when another vehicle veered across the road. The other driver died from his injuries,...
View ArticleBuckoke v Greater London Council: CA 1971
The claimant fireman sought with his union to challenge a policy document issued by his employers which gave directions suggesting that fire engine drivers were to disobey traffic signals. Held: The...
View ArticleNicholas v Penny: QBD 1950
A police officer’s assessment of a defendant’s speed could be corroborated by evidence as to the reading of a speedometer, even if the latter device had not been checked for the accuracy of its...
View ArticleRegina v Martin (Colin): CACD 29 Nov 1988
Defence of Necessity has a Place in Criminal Law The defendant appealed against his conviction for driving whilst disqualified. He said he had felt obliged to drive his stepson to work because his...
View ArticleWilliams v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 16 Nov 2001
Appeal against conviction for driving with excess alcohol. The defendant argued that the intoximeter was ineffective. References: [2001] EWHC Admin 932 Links: Bailii Judges: Pill LJ, Cresswell J...
View ArticleDepartment of Trade and Industry v St Christopher Motorists Association Ltd:...
The defendant company provided for the hire of a chauffeur if the insured was disqualified from driving. Held: Contracts of insurance are not confined to contracts for the payment of money, but may...
View ArticleMiddlesborough Borough Council v Safeer; Same v Afzal; Same v Asghar; Same v...
The 1988 Act gave the local authority the power to undertake a prosecution for the offence of driving without insurance as regards those for whom it had regulatory and licensing responsibilities as...
View ArticleCampbell v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 28 Feb 2003
References: [2003] EWHC 559 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Road Traffic Act 1988 5 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Last Update: 22 August 2020; Ref: scu.184957 br> The post Campbell v Director of...
View ArticleCannan v Earl of Abingdon: QBD 6 Apr 1900
The court was asked whether it was correct to charge a bicycle as a ‘carriage’ at a toll station for the bridge over the River Thames at Swinford. Held: On the language of the particular statute a...
View ArticleCorkery v Carpenter: KBD 1950
The defendant was accused of being drunk in charge of a carriage. He was in fact riding a cycle. Section 12 made it an offence to be ‘drunk while in charge on any highway . . of any carriage, horse,...
View ArticleCoates v Crown Prosecution Service: Admn 29 Jul 2011
The defendant appealed by case stated against his conviction for driving a Segway scooter on a footpath. He denied that it was ‘a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads.’...
View ArticleBeer v Davies: QBD 1958
A bus driver was allegedly involved in an act of careless driving and was sent notice of an intention to prosecute by registered post ten days after the accident. In fact he was on holiday and the...
View ArticleGrant v Director of Public Prosecutions: Admn 22 Jan 2003
The appellant had been convicted of failing to give a breath test, and of driving with excess alcohol. He had falsely claimed that he had had a drink in the five minutes before being asked to take the...
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